The national democratic congress, NDC has issued a statement on the just ended referenda which gave powers for the creation of six more regions in Ghana.
Read excerpts of the statement.
STATEMENT ON THE CONDUCT OF REFERENDA ON THE CREATION OF SIX NEW REGIONS AND MATTERS ARISING: DELIVERED BY COMRADE PETER BOAMAH OTOKUNOR, DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NDC ON BEHALF OF COMRADE JOHNSON ASIEDU NKETIAH, THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE NDC. READ ON THURSDAY, 3RD JANUARY, 2019 AT INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTRE
Ladies and Gentlemen of the press,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Representatives of Civil Society Groups,
On behalf of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), I extend to you New Year greetings. It is our hope that we will in the coming years deepen our bonds of cooperation for the good of Ghana.
The purpose of this press conference is to share with you some concerns over the conduct of the just-ended referenda on the creation of six new regions, some of which are already in the public domain.
Let me state from the onset that in the NDC 2016 manifesto, we made a pledge to create five additional regions as part of our commitment to ensuring equitable development of all parts of the country. Though the NDC was denied the people’s mandate, we persisted in the commitment by making available a trove of our party’s resources to support the referenda.
Be that as it may, we respect the central principle which guided the need for the referenda.
We congratulate all our brothers and sisters from the Oti, North East, Savannah, Ahafo, Bono East and Western North regions on attaining regional status. We urge government to prioritize the needs of the newly created regions to give practical meaning to the
outcome of the referenda.
Read full statement attached;
NDC PRESS STATEMENT ON RECENT REFERENDA
